Chris Dodd: “Absolutely not, Mr. President; none whatsoever. To characterize the amendment as such is completely misleading, or as…”

“Absolutely not, Mr. President; none whatsoever. To characterize the amendment as such is completely misleading, or as not to have read it at all. It only applies to unilateral economic sanctions. For instance, this amendment does nothing with regard to the multilateral sanctions on Iraq. Those are not unilateral sanctions. Those are multilateral sanctions that apply to that country. So it only applies there. If the President, this President, or any future President, wants to apply sanctions on some basis other than economic, they may utilize this tool. We are merely removing it from the unilateral economic sanctions.”